Kev Abazajian
@abazajian.net
Father, husband, particle astrophysicist, Professor of Physics & Astronomy. In public service as Chair of the City of Irvine Sustainability Commission & through the Democratic Party.
Views are my own. repost ≠ endorsement
https://physics.uci.edu/~kevork
Views are my own. repost ≠ endorsement
https://physics.uci.edu/~kevork
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Kev Abazajian
@abazajian.net
· Jun 10
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If you are scared to criticise them.
They control you.
They control you.
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If you are scared to criticise them.
They control you.
They control you.
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A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
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"A growing number of educators are finding that oral exams allow them to test their students’ learning without the benefit of AI." wapo.st/48zzw1Z #academicsky #highereducation
Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"A growing number of educators are finding that oral exams allow them to test their students’ learning without the benefit of AI." wapo.st/48zzw1Z #academicsky #highereducation
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I'm starting to wonder if selecting jurists for a "when the constitution and my desires are mutually exclusive, we should go with my desires" philosophy was a mistake
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'm starting to wonder if selecting jurists for a "when the constitution and my desires are mutually exclusive, we should go with my desires" philosophy was a mistake
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“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.”
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy
The university is investigating whether the second instructor engaged in "viewpoint discrimination."
www.advocate.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.”
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
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This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
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Donald Trump isn't interested in wielding his antitrust authority to protect the American people and preserve competition in our economy — he's using it to reward his allies.
It's all out on the open.
It's all out on the open.
This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Donald Trump isn't interested in wielding his antitrust authority to protect the American people and preserve competition in our economy — he's using it to reward his allies.
It's all out on the open.
It's all out on the open.
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DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional. In a grotesque new memo, the Trump‑led DOJ has told prison inspectors to stop enforcing anti‑rape safeguards for trans and intersex inmates, basically turning any safety net into Swiss cheese overnight. boingboing.net/2025/12/08/d...
DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional
In a grotesque new memo, the Trump‑led DOJ has told prison inspectors to stop enforcing anti‑rape safeguards for trans and intersex inmates
boingboing.net
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional. In a grotesque new memo, the Trump‑led DOJ has told prison inspectors to stop enforcing anti‑rape safeguards for trans and intersex inmates, basically turning any safety net into Swiss cheese overnight. boingboing.net/2025/12/08/d...
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Reminder that this is a real picture of a real sharpie-written note to self from the president in 2019 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reminder that this is a real picture of a real sharpie-written note to self from the president in 2019 🫠
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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He Made a Perfectly Legal Tool to Fight ICE. The Government Shut It Down. slate.com/technology/2...
He Made a Perfectly Legal Tool to Fight ICE. The Government Shut It Down.
It became a lightning rod for the right—and a target for what its developer says was an attack on free speech.
slate.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
He Made a Perfectly Legal Tool to Fight ICE. The Government Shut It Down. slate.com/technology/2...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Immigrants "plucked out" of U.S. citizenship line moments before oath ceremony boingboing.net/2025/12/08/i...
Immigrants "plucked out" of U.S. citizenship line moments before oath ceremony
Immigration officers pulled approved applicants from Boston citizenship ceremony based on country of origin lists.
boingboing.net
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Immigrants "plucked out" of U.S. citizenship line moments before oath ceremony boingboing.net/2025/12/08/i...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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"The West’s Last Chance - How to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late" | Must-read piece (that overlaps thematically with our recent book #ScienceUnderSiege) by Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, in the latest Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"The West’s Last Chance - How to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late" | Must-read piece (that overlaps thematically with our recent book #ScienceUnderSiege) by Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, in the latest Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The CEO of Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The CEO of Palantir.
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It seems that everything is moving towards there being a continent wide war again, the likes of which Europe hasnt seen since WW2. Again it is caused by russian imperialism and American isolationism.
The USA will no doubt turn up fashionably late, again.
youtu.be/m6c7UarMsCk
The USA will no doubt turn up fashionably late, again.
youtu.be/m6c7UarMsCk
U.S. security strategy takes aim at the European Union rather than at Russia | News in Depth
YouTube video by TVP WORLD
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It seems that everything is moving towards there being a continent wide war again, the likes of which Europe hasnt seen since WW2. Again it is caused by russian imperialism and American isolationism.
The USA will no doubt turn up fashionably late, again.
youtu.be/m6c7UarMsCk
The USA will no doubt turn up fashionably late, again.
youtu.be/m6c7UarMsCk
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Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Services Act arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Services Act
The biggest changes Musk made to Twitter trigger a $140 million fine under DSA.
arstechnica.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Services Act arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
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Is this 2025 United States or 1938 Germany?
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Penn Refuses to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.
www.insidehighered.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Is this 2025 United States or 1938 Germany?
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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It is in fact Bad that America is a now a personalist regime where a mad king and his corrupt courtiers decide what reality is based on their conspiracy-addled whims.
No matter what the worm in RFKjr's head tells him about vaccines, kids are going to die because of this.
No matter what the worm in RFKjr's head tells him about vaccines, kids are going to die because of this.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is in fact Bad that America is a now a personalist regime where a mad king and his corrupt courtiers decide what reality is based on their conspiracy-addled whims.
No matter what the worm in RFKjr's head tells him about vaccines, kids are going to die because of this.
No matter what the worm in RFKjr's head tells him about vaccines, kids are going to die because of this.